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Woodworking Forum => Woodworking Forum => Topic started by: dowdstools on July 21, 2014, 02:53:35 PM

Title: Some Acqusitions from This Weekend (Pic heavy)
Post by: dowdstools on July 21, 2014, 02:53:35 PM
Some nice old woodworking tools I picked up this past weekend:

(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd226/lynndowd/July1914finds1.jpg)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd226/lynndowd/July1914finds2.jpg)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd226/lynndowd/July1914finds3.jpg)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd226/lynndowd/July1914finds4.jpg)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd226/lynndowd/July1914finds5.jpg)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd226/lynndowd/July1914finds6.jpg)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd226/lynndowd/July1914finds9.jpg)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd226/lynndowd/July1914finds9a.jpg)

Lynn
Title: Re: Some Acqusitions from This Weekend (Pic heavy)
Post by: Bill Houghton on July 21, 2014, 03:25:55 PM
My heart goes out to you, having to find somewhere in your shop to put all those obsolete old tools.  If you run out of storage places, let me know, and I can send you my address.

What is the device with the capstan and the long arms in the last photo?
Title: Re: Some Acqusitions from This Weekend (Pic heavy)
Post by: jpaz on July 21, 2014, 04:15:18 PM
Nice tools indeed, Lynn! Congratulations! I am researching Atha tools at present - especially hammers. Are there any maker's marks on the hammers in your haul?

James
Title: Re: Some Acqusitions from This Weekend (Pic heavy)
Post by: dowdstools on July 21, 2014, 04:25:14 PM
Bill, thank you for your kind offer. Space is certainly at a premium these days.

The tool you refer to is, according to the imprint on it, a Greenleaf Cord Wood Caliper made by F. M. Greenleaf of Belmont, Mass. F. M. Greenleaf was Florence "Flossie" Greenleaf, the daughter of William Greenleaf. She was a violinist and violin teacher, and took over producing these log calipers when her father died.

Lynn
Title: Re: Some Acqusitions from This Weekend (Pic heavy)
Post by: dowdstools on July 21, 2014, 04:26:39 PM
James, no Athas in this haul, but I do believe I have one or two tucked away. I'll dig them out and get back to you.

Lynn
Title: Re: Some Acqusitions from This Weekend (Pic heavy)
Post by: rusty on July 21, 2014, 05:11:53 PM
The brass clad brace is a work of art , very nice goodies :)
Title: Re: Some Acqusitions from This Weekend (Pic heavy)
Post by: jimwrench on July 21, 2014, 05:38:30 PM
 wow that is a nice group of tools. Don't do wooden planes due to ignorance but do appreciate them.
Title: Re: Some Acqusitions from This Weekend (Pic heavy)
Post by: Lewill2 on July 21, 2014, 06:20:40 PM
Nice haul Lynn, the plow planes look interesting as well as the log caliper/measure, plated brace and is that a number 1 size or a number 2 size plane? Molding planes look to be exceptionally clean, I don't know much about them but that set looks nice. Any hard to find makers in the planes?
Title: Re: Some Acqusitions from This Weekend (Pic heavy)
Post by: dowdstools on July 21, 2014, 06:57:37 PM
That's a Stanley No. 1. I haven't researched all the plane makers, but there are a few in there I don't recognize.

Lynn
Title: Re: Some Acqusitions from This Weekend (Pic heavy)
Post by: jabberwoki on July 21, 2014, 07:43:18 PM
WOW................. just don`t know what else to say.
Title: Re: Some Acqusitions from This Weekend (Pic heavy)
Post by: Chillylulu on July 21, 2014, 08:07:25 PM
Very, very nice.  And a stanley #1?

The whole group looks perfect.  It makes a beautiful collection on its own.

Chilly
Title: Re: Some Acqusitions from This Weekend (Pic heavy)
Post by: lbgradwell on July 21, 2014, 08:45:38 PM
That's simply outstanding!  :shocked:
Title: Re: Some Acqusitions from This Weekend (Pic heavy)
Post by: Jim C. on July 21, 2014, 08:53:44 PM
Wow!! What a great haul!!
Title: Re: Some Acqusitions from This Weekend (Pic heavy)
Post by: Art Rafael on July 21, 2014, 09:17:14 PM
Nice find.  I like it all - especially like that little whale plane, not to mention all the others.  Ralph
Title: Re: Some Acqusitions from This Weekend (Pic heavy)
Post by: oldtools on July 22, 2014, 04:03:58 AM
WOW!!!  All that in 1 weekend? where did you find them??  must have cost a pretty penny!!!
Title: Re: Some Acqusitions from This Weekend (Pic heavy)
Post by: dowdstools on July 22, 2014, 11:24:38 AM
Quote from: oldtools on July 22, 2014, 04:03:58 AM
WOW!!!  All that in 1 weekend? where did you find them??  must have cost a pretty penny!!!

This was a collection I bought here in N. Texas. Certainly not a give-away price, but fair to both parties involved.

Lynn
Title: Re: Some Acqusitions from This Weekend (Pic heavy)
Post by: lauver on July 23, 2014, 05:27:30 PM
Lynn,

Are you saying that all those tools belonged to one person?  If so, you have quite an interesting collection there; a nice slice-o-history.

At any rate, an awesome good score.
Title: Re: Some Acqusitions from This Weekend (Pic heavy)
Post by: dowdstools on July 24, 2014, 12:50:37 PM
Yep, lauver,

 All one collection. There were several more items I didn't show in the photos I posted. In the same group, there are several axes, a hand cranked butter churn, a saddlers vise bench, a small wooden chest, a large spinning wheel, and other odds and ends.

Lynn